Smash a Strawberry 🍓

After a looooong break I am back with few strawberry recipes. 

In Australia, we came across with ‘Strawberry Sabotage’ recently. To overcome this situation and to stand with strawberry farmers, ‘Smash a Strawberry’ Challenge  is going on. Myself along with our friend Emie Roy took up the ‘Smash a Strawberry’ Challenge and did these recipes for SBS-Malayalam. We can smash strawberries (or cut it) and use it for making few yummy dishes. ☺☺☺

SBS Malayalam audio link: Easy Strawberry Recipes

Thank you Emie for your support. You can read more details regarding this in Emie’s post. Smash a strawberry and shoot it!

Strawberry Muesli

Ingredients

Rolled oats :​1 cup

Apple, coarsely grated(or chopped) : ​1/2

Vanilla flavoured yoghurt :​1/3 cup

Strawberry flavoured yoghurt : ​to serve

Apple juice :​1/3 cup 

Coconut milk : ​1/4 cup 

Vanilla essence : ​1 tsp

Ground cinnamon :​1 tsp

Sliced strawberry: ​to serve

Quick strawberry jam

Strawberries :​250g, chopped

White sugar :​2-3 Tbsp (depending on the sweetness of the strawberries) 

Lemon juice :​1 Tbsp

Method

Combine oats, apple, vanilla yoghurt, apple juice, coconut milk, vanilla and cinnamon in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in fridge overnight to soak. 

Meanwhile, to make the strawberry jam, combine the strawberry, sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 7-8 mins or until strawberry breaks down and releases its juice. Cook for a further 2 mins or until mixture is a jammy consistency. Remove from heat. Set aside for 30 mins to cool. Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge to chill. 

Add 2-3 Tablespoon Strawberry Jam to each glass. Top with oats mixture. Arrange the Strawberry slices around side of each glass. Top with strawberry yoghurt. And addfewdrops of strawberry jam on the top and serve. 

Strawberry Pancake

Ingredients

All-purpose flour :​1 cup 

Brown  :​3 Tbsp

Baking powder :​2 Tbsp

Salt :​1 tsp

Egg :​1

Milk :​1 cup

Vegetable oil :​2 Tbsp

Vanilla extract :​1 tsp

Strawberries :​1 cup chopped

Strawberries: ​to serve

Method

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Pour in the milk, oil, egg and vanilla, and mix until well blended. Stir in the strawberries. 

Heat a pan over medium heat, and coat with butter or cooking spray. Pour batter into desired size of pancakes. Flip with a spatula when bubbles appear in the centre. Cook until golden brown on the other side. Serve with fresh strawberries, honey or maple syrup

Strawberry Salad

Ingredients

white sugar​: 3-4 Tbsp

paprika​:​1 Tbsp

vegetable oil:​ ​4 Tbsp

Vinegar :​ ​4 Tbsp

Red Capsicum :​1

Baby spinach leaves  1 handful washed and dried

Strawberries:​10, halved

Nuts : 1 handful

 

Method

Whisk together the sugar, paprika, oil and vinegar. Refrigerate until chilled.

In a salad bowl, combine the spinach and strawberries. Drizzle with dressing, toss lightly and serve.

Strawberry Cream Popsicle

Ingredients

4 cups strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced

3 tbsp water

3 tbsp sugar or honey

1/2 cup whipping cream

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Method

In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the strawberries, water and sugar. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until the berries soften and remove from the heat.

Allow the strawberries to cool completely and then crush it using a blender (don’t puree it too much).

Once the mixture is cool, whip the cream and vanilla together for about two minutes to make a soft peaks. Fold in the strawberries and then pour into the moulds.  Freeze for 4 hours or until set.

Notes

Whipped cream can be replaced with flavoured yogurt. When grinding strawberry add 1 cup flavoured yogurt and blend it together.